Region

Maintaining a delicate balance between Arabs and Persians, Pakistan continues to please all and sundry with a carefully calibrated language of neo-realism

A defeated, fragmented Iran would leave Israel as the Middle East’s unchallenged hegemon, controlling lands up to the Euphrates and arriving as a rogue power on Pakistan’s doorstep

Is there any real basis for the rumors about a national government in Pakistan, or is this just another chapter in the country’s ongoing history of political speculation and elite bargaining?

The appointment of Nitin Nabin as the new national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raises many questions about the BJP’s carefully choreographed succession, characterised by a cadre-based network and the ideological training of the RSS

The deepening India-Israel relations will have significant implications for the region, and this nexus can be highly dangerous for Pakistan

A sweeping election victory has brought the BNP back to power in Bangladesh. However, the path ahead may be far more complicated than the triumph itself.

Nepal’s Generation Z has received its mandate—what’s next? Can the RSP deliver and transform this landslide victory into a lasting legacy?

The diplomatic rupture between Mauritius and the Maldives exemplifies a wider trend in global politics: when a dispute appears to be resolved, someone tends to shift the focus

Behind Bhutan’s global pursuit of “Gross National Happiness” hides a grim truth: dozens of political prisoners are enduring decades of imprisonment

If aerial strikes fail to change Taliban policy regarding militant groups operating from Afghanistan, the ongoing Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict could further deepen hostility between the two states

Pakistan’s economy seems to be suspended between stabilization and collapse, repeatedly negotiating external assistance while struggling to implement structural reforms at home

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union is much more than a commercial pact

Life goes on as Basant made us believe a few hundred kilometers away from the killing fields

Pakistan joins Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza, but at what cost to principle and domestic legitimacy?

The 18th Amendment failed to transfer power to the grassroots level by providing a full constitutional cover to the local government system

The Gul Plaza in Karachi itself was a governance failure long before it turned into ashes

For today’s journalists, resilience is not optional but essential.

No country in history has created tens of millions of jobs without industrial deepening. Pakistan will not be an exception. However, is the state prepared for the employment shock ahead?

The UAE leadership has surreptitiously sought to undermine the seaports of Bandar Abbas in Iran and Gwadar Seaport in Pakistan

One rarely hears an Indian Hindu, Christian, Sikh, or Jain asking what he must do to survive in India. Why then is the Muslim in the country still compelled to ask how he should conduct himself?

From Nehru’s 1938 legacy to a 2025 courtroom battle, the National Herald case exposes enduring political rivalries and the fierce contest between investigation and intimidation

A much-touted recovery of the Sri Lankan economy masks deeper social costs

The March 2026 elections in Nepal will definitely be a litmus test for the Gen-Z movement, with mostly new, but highly controversial, populist, and careerist candidates contesting the elections